[obol] Lower Columbia Birders - 12/2/2006

[Mike Patterson]

The Lower Columbia Birders had a pleasant excursion today
under sunny skies, temperatures in the very low 40's and
east wind.  

We found a noisy SWAMP SPARROW near the cyclone fence at 
Wireless Rd.  

A male LONG-TAILED DUCK was in the ocean off the South
Jetty of the Columbia.  We also saw a BROWN PELICAN on the
river.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Greater White-fronted Goose         5 [1] 
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck                    1 [2] 
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye                    1
Barrow's Goldeneye                  1 [3] 
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser              1
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon                         1
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe                        2
Red-necked Grebe                    2 [4] 
Eared Grebe                         1 [5] 
Western Grebe
Brown Pelican                       1 [6] 
Brandt's Cormorant                  3
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant                   1
Great Blue Heron                    1
White-tailed Kite                   1
Bald Eagle                          2
Northern Harrier                    5
Red-tailed Hawk                     4
Peregrine Falcon                    2
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover               10
Killdeer                            8
Least Sandpiper                    22
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre                        6
Anna's Hummingbird                  1
Belted Kingfisher                   1
Downy Woodpecker                    2
Northern Flicker
Northern Shrike                     1 [7] 
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush                       1
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler                  1
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow                   1
Swamp Sparrow                       1
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Footnotes:

[1]  Warrenton Sewage Ponds, origin suspiscious
[2]  male seen from observation deck SJCR
[3]  Astoria Dairy Queen
[4]  Hammond Boat Basin and SJCR
[5]  Warrenton Sewage Ponds
[6]  SJCR
[7]  SJCR

Total number of species seen: 82

-- 
Mike Patterson               
Astoria, OR                    
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